transformers

noun

plural of transformer
as in converters

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  1. engines
  2. machines
  3. motors
Noun
  • The first are eleven reciprocating gas engines, totaling about 30 MW, which mechanically drive compressors used to process and move natural gas.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The first step involves using the satellite’s plasma engines to gradually slow the spin.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of engines
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  • The case was first launched in April 2009, when Smith and a companion were hunting on snow machines and the elderly man’s machine broke through the ice covering the Ungalikthluk River, not far from Togiak, and sank.
    — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Once machines can perform routine intellectual labor, entire classes of office work could face the same pressure that mechanization brought to manual trades.
    — Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of machines
Noun
  • The company is also focused on moving supply chains for drone and robot motors back under American control.
    — John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The law also bans the sale of e-bikes that can travel faster than 25 mph, or have motors that produce more than 750 watts of power.
    — Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of motors
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